Steve B.
Hello from PDX
Hi BP'ers,
My name is Steve and I own and manage four SFR's here in Portland, Oregon which I bought as bank foreclosures when the market was really bad (good for me) in 2009-2011. Now that the market is h...
SaraEllen Hutchison
Gussying up / cosmetic updates - bang for buck
Hi All,I'm looking for various viewpoints to help me decide which cosmetic improvements give the most bang for the buck when one is trying to make a rental house or small multi-family units look more "upscale" (withou...
Craig Shrimpton
Proper duplexes vs re-muddled single families
All,I've been looking at 2-4 unit multi-families and I'm contemplating the relative merits of proper duplexes (houses built specifically as multi families) vs split-up singles. The re-muddled single families I've seen...
John Chapman
The president of the bank went and checked out one of my rental rehabs
I thought this was kind of a cool anecdotal story about the importance of doing a good job with your rehabson your rentals. (So often I see people just doing a crummy job on them, justifying it with the excuse that "...
Pavs Doychev
20 Years old bought 3 investment home with a full time job of 60+ hours weekly
As a new member to Bigger Pockets this is my first post about my self. 3 homes by the age of 20.... Hopefully 20 homes by the age of 25 as a goal. Having a full time job in the transportation industry with a busy job...
Jeanmary Prophete
Best Cities for Multi-Family (1031--400k to put down!)
I am a new BiggerPockets member and have been impressed with the incredible value that you all provide :)
I am from DC/MD/VA (DMV) area and have an FL single family property that is paid off, has a cash flow of $130...
David Lunsford
Google adwords
Have heard differing opinions on running an adwords campaign to attract motivated sellers. Success stories, horror stories and opinons please.
John Horner
Zero to 80 deals in 3 years in Columbus, Ohio
October 2013 - Completed my first wholesale deal. I took all that money and put it into marketing, I got my second deal a month later.2014 - I partnered with my cash buyer on both of these deals (still my business pa...
Jonathan Pflueger
Up Votes - Etiquette and do They Really Matter?
I have been wondering about this topic for a while now. How much do up-votes matter on BiggerPockets? How much do they matter to you? Is there any etiquette when deciding to cast an up-vote or not? Ideally, I want to ...
Frank Adams
I'll say it again, you "noobs" are way too excited
I mentioned in another post about taking a "foreclosure bus tour" last Saturday. I didn't talk to everyone there, but my impression was that we had about 6-8 experienced investors and the other 35 or so were "noobs". ...